cataphractus
Latin
Alternative forms
- catafractus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered; mailed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpʰrak.tus/, [ka.taˈpʰrak.tʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈfrak.tus/
Adjective
cataphractus (feminine cataphracta, neuter cataphractum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cataphractus | cataphracta | cataphractum | cataphractī | cataphractae | cataphracta | |
| Genitive | cataphractī | cataphractae | cataphractī | cataphractōrum | cataphractārum | cataphractōrum | |
| Dative | cataphractō | cataphractae | cataphractō | cataphractīs | cataphractīs | cataphractīs | |
| Accusative | cataphractum | cataphractam | cataphractum | cataphractōs | cataphractās | cataphracta | |
| Ablative | cataphractō | cataphractā | cataphractō | cataphractīs | cataphractīs | cataphractīs | |
| Vocative | cataphracte | cataphracta | cataphractum | cataphractī | cataphractae | cataphracta | |
Derived terms
Related terms
- cataphractārius
- cataphractēs
Descendants
- Italian: catafratto
References
- cataphractus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cataphractus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cataphractus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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